Seam for rugs.



H. E. TERRY.

SEAM FOR RUGS.

APPLICATION man JULY a, 1914.

Patented Apr. 20, 1915.

ll||| llllllllllll l|||| ll INVENTOR HENRY E. TERRY, 0F PHILADELPHIA,PENNSYLVANIA'.

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Specification o! Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 20,1915.

`appmmtion mea my s, 1914A. serial No. 848,133.

f. the following is a specification.

This invention relates to rugs and more particularly to a means forreinforcing thel seam of a rug.

It has for an object to provide a means for concealing the seam or`seams of a rug and preventing the said seams from opening u p orstretching in such .a manner as to` impalr the appearance of the face ofthe rug.

In rugs heretofore constructed of different sections sewed together inthe usual manner, it has been found that the constant tendency of thestitching to open upcauses the seam to be exposed or indicatedc upon theface or tread surface of the rug. I present invention this tendency hasbeen overcome and entirely obviated so that the finished rug presents aneven surface'uninterrupted by seam indications or ridges..

My invention also comprehends details of construction which, togetherwith thefeatures above specified, will be better understood by referenceto the drawings, in whichz-e- Figure 1 represents a portion of the backof a rug showing a seam structure embodying my invention; Fig. 2represents a section of a portion of two rug sections showing the sewingor binding step at the meeting edges; Fig. represents asimilar sec' tionof a rug face down showing the normal tendency of the seam to spreadwhen sewed in the-ordinary manner; Fig. 4 represents a similar sectionshowing the seam provided with the device of my invention; F ig". 5represents' a rear plan of a rug on a reduced scale showing thereinforcing strips of my invention.

1 and 2 designate respectively sections of a rug the ends or. side edgesof which are brought together with the tufted or face portions?y of therug in juxtaposed relation. In this position the edges are stitchedtogether by suitable sewing as shown at 3 so that when the sections areswung about the stitches as a hingeinto the same plane to form thecomplete rug body, the meeting edges along the seam will be forced intotight compressive contact. In the usual construction these seams aresubjected to a By the pressing operation to hold theparts in fixedrelatlon and thereby overcome any tendency for the seam to open, theresult of which is apparent upon the face of the rug and impairs ltsappearance.

In practice it has been found that While the pressing operationclosestthis seam for a. comparatively short time, it is not suilicientto overcome the constant tendency of the stltehing to contact andstraighten out to bring the strip edges toward their original position,thus separating or opening the seam as shown at 4 in Fig. 3. In order toovercome and eliminate this defect I provide a strip of material 5 suchas tape or the like, which is of suiicientlwidth to cover the seam andextend a suitable` distance at each side thereof to-form a suitablerein-Y forcing body. 'The strip or strips 5, as the case may be, areplaced onthe back of the rug to cover the seam as shown in Fig. 5,

being cemented or glued in place by a suit'- y able adhesive 6, afterwhich a final pressing is given along the seam. It will be understoodthat eachseam ofthe rug is thus covered by a backing or reinforcingstrip of material non-stretchable transversely to its length, thefunction of which is to prevent opening of the seam and further, afterthe strip of material 5 is placed in position, following the initial,ypressing operation there is a second pressing given to the seam to setthe reinforced seam and the glue thereof. Thereafter the parts remainxed as to posi- 4tion and all portions of the face of the rug lie in thesame plane', thereby entirely concealing v the ordinary lines formed bythe seam, and giving the appearance of a complete unitary rug surface,unbroken by seam lines, ridges or the like. Because of the retainingefl'ect of the Acemented strip the elasticity of the abutting compressededges is not able to open the seam joint at the back; and less-pressureis required in setting the seam so there is less injury to the pile ofthe rug adjacent to the seam.

It will now be apparent that I have de- "i same plane and the seams areprevented from opening at the back.

Having now ydescribed my invention, what SI-"claim andffdesire toprotectl by Letters Patent iszl 1. As a new article of manufacture, arug formed ofa ptlurality of Woyenstrips sewn edge to edge y stitchespassing across the front thereof'alone and providing a plural- `ity ofparallel seam edges unconnected at the extreme back surfaces, andabutting under the tension of the stitches to form tight seams combinedwith a plurality of strips of reinforcing material tightly cemented tothe back surfaces of said rug strips and respectively covering the seamsand holding the abutting edges at the back permanently length.

together, said strips of Ireiiifercing material being non-stretchabletransversely to the 2, A rug formed in sections connected by a sewnseam, said seam formed by li'inging the sections together at the frontby stitches, a'strip of reinforcing textile material nonstretchabletransversely to its length cemented tightly to the back of adjacentsections and with the abutting edges in tight compressed contact tocover the seam between them and hold the back edges of said seam fromseparating,

f I n testimony of Which invention, I hereunto set my hand.

p HENRY E. TERRY. Witnesses: I

A. K. MGCULLOGH, W. HoBAR'r PORTER.

